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Independent Coverings and Orthogonal Colourings

Combinatorics 2022-01-11 v3

Abstract

In this paper, two open conjectures are disproved. One conjecture regards independent coverings of sparse partite graphs, whereas the other conjecture regards orthogonal colourings of tree graphs. A relation between independent coverings and orthogonal colourings is established. This relation is applied to find independent coverings of some sparse partite graphs. Additionally, a degree condition providing the existence of an independent covering in the case where the graph has a square number of vertices is found.

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@article{arxiv.2008.07904,
  title  = {Independent Coverings and Orthogonal Colourings},
  author = {Kyle MacKeigan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.07904},
  year   = {2022}
}

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10 pages, 6 figures